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After all these posts - I still dont get why everybody thinks the prices in the US are dues to taxes - the US govt puts a tax of 18.4 cents on every gallon - each state then adds their tax which ranges from 7 to 32 cents a gallon extra (and actually California is only 18c so middle of the road) which all totals about 50 cents per gallon. More importantly - this hasnt changed in the last two years, so it is not the cause of any differences we see today. Brings it all back to supply and demand - during the oil crisis we had back in the 70s, we approached the issue by demanding that auto companies stop selling the gas guzzlers and rationing gas - you could only buy it on certain days dependent on your license plate number or last name etc. (different by state). And a lot of people decided to do something called car-pooling - thats where all these extra lanes on the highway for two or more passengers came from. (HOV etc)
The biggest problem that we have in the US right now is that a good percentage of people dont give a shit one way or the other what they are doing to the price of gas by driving their SUVs and other "toys". If they would take time out to "care" (I know - not gonna happen in this apethetic me,me,me society in the US) and stop their whining - they could actually do something about the price - lower the demand.
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